Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the needs of disabled train passengers are met, whilst ensuring (a) their safety and (b) that current covid-19 guidance is adhered to.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2020 to Question 88386 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Night-time Economy and his statement that it may be the case that there are more effective ways to help those busine...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police and fire emergency control room computer systems have effective back-ups and safeguards to prevent control room staff from having to use paper based systems f...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential cost savings that could be achieved from introducing a rolling programme of rail electrification compared with a start-stop approach; and if he will make it his poli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the rail network have been electrified in England in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the UK rail network are suitable for battery technology powered trains to operate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the UK rail network are suitable for hydrogen technology powered trains to operate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total mileage is of track in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the UK rail network does not benefit from electrification.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the UK rail network is electrified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce early stage projects with the objectives of (a) progressing the introduction of hydrogen trains on the UK rail network and (b) increasing exports of UK-made hydrogen t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of personal protection equipment for charities providing frontline care and support for patients with terminal illnesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail Update, what steps he plans to take to ensure that operators improve co-ordination with each other to reduce capital costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail Update, what performance targets have been set; and if he will publish details on how those targets are tougher than previous target...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail Update, who is responsible for operational decisions and performance of the passenger rail network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail Update, what estimate he has made of the level of debt that operating companies on Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements have to th...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) support open access train operating companies and (b) manage potential conflicts of interest between the interests of open access operators and Emergency Recovery Measures Agreeme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on open access train operating companies of his recent decision to move away from rail franchising with Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of levels of compliance by Ministers of his Department with the Ministerial Code.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason he announced changes to his policy on rail franchising first to the media; what advice he (a) asked for and (b) received on the compliance of that decision with section 9.1 of the Ministerial Co...